Suspender-buckle.



'No. 678,63I. Patented luly l6, |90|- A. A. ABRAMS; SUSPENDER BUCKLE.

[Afiplica'cioq filed Apr. 9, 1901.

(No Model.)

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llnrrlen STATES arena @rrrca ALBERT A. ABRAMS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SUSPENDERFBUCKLE.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,631, dated July 16, 1901.

Application filed April 9 1901.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT A. ABRAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspender-Buckles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in suspender-buckles; and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a suspender equipped with my buokle. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2 2 of Fig. 4c, the web being shown in edge view. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the preferred form of buckle, the locking-lever being removed. Fig. 4 is a rear view of the Suspender-Web at a point opposite the buckle.- Fig. 5 is an end View of the buckle with the locking-lever removed; and Fig. 6 is a perspective of a modified form, the locking-lever being removed.

The present invention is an improvement on the construction of buckle shown and described in my pending application for Letters said construction being characterized by a bodyportion or plate having integrally formed therewith and disposed at a suitable distance from the rear face thereof parallel arms for the support of the Suspender-brace, the arms being connected by terminal offsets to the plate proper, and while possessing all the advantages inherent in the construction of the buckle set forth in said pending application the present device is simpler, lighter, and cheaper to manufacture, contemplating, as it does, the use of wire in the major portion of its make-up. While the use of wire in this class of devices is not new, its application in the manner herein set forth and as presently to be seen results in a buckle believed to possess special advantages better apparent from a detailed description of the invention, which is as follows:

Referring to the drawings, B represents a suspender brace or web having a terminal loop B, by which the tabs or frogs F are di- Serial No. 55,078. (No model.)

rectly supported,a construction which is well known and for which no claim is herein made.

The buckle is composed of a body portion or plate 1, formed of a single piece of metal, said plate having secured thereto and disposed in the rear thereof a web-securing wire frame 2, the connection between it and the plate 1 being effected by the lips 3, stamped integrally with the plate and clenched firmly over the medial portions of the lateral members of the frame 2. As seen in the drawings, Figs. 2, 3, and 5, these lateral members of the frame 2 diverge or deflect rearwardly from the rear face of the plate 1, permitting the end of the brace to be passed around the frame and then between the upper and lower horizontal members thereof and the rear surface of the plate 1, when the free end of the brace is secured by stitches, as fully seen in section in Fig. 2. Projecting outwardly from each end of the plate 1 at a point con tiguous to (above) the lips 3 are the ears or lugs 4, between which is pivoted the toothed locking-lever 5, the pivots of said lever being received in suitable sockets 6, stamped in the ears, as is common in this class of devices. When the lever is swung outwardly, as shown by the dotted position in Fig. 2, the body of the brace is free to pass between the serrated edge thereof and the adjacent face of the plate 1, permitting the latter to be readily adjusted along said brace. To look the plate in position, the lever is swung downward, so as to bring the toothed edge thereof firmly against the web and against the plate, between which and the lever the web is gripped. (See Fig. 2.)

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 6 the plate 1 is made relatively narrower than that already described, the frame 2 being secured by lips 3 3, disposed on each side of the ears 4, which in this form occupy a medial position between the upper and lower edges of the plate, the ears being provided with sockets 6 for the reception of the pivots of the locking-lever. In other respects this modification is similar to the preferred form already described.

While the present invention is materially simplified over the construction shown in my pending application above referred to, it possesses the same advantages in other respects-.- that is to say, the Web or brace completely covers the back of the buckle, preventing the latter from coming in contact with the garments or shirt of the wearer, the buckle is virtually concealed from View, it may be readily adjusted, and is susceptible of a variety of modifications, the fixed end of the brace is wholly to the rear of the plane of the back face of the plate, and the fixed end of the brace is not impinged upon by the locking-lever.

It is apparent, of course, that I may depart in minor details of construction without affecting the spirit of my invention and that I' may avail myself of any and all equivalents of the present construction.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A suspender-buckle comprising a body portion or plate, a Web-securing frame secured thereto, said frame having its upper and lower members located in a plane rearward of the back face of the plate, and a locking-lever pivoted in front of said plate, the end of the brace being passed about said members, but disconnected from the body portion, substantially as set forth.

2. A suspender-buckle comprising a body portion or plate, a web-securing wire frame secured thereto, said frame having its upper and lower'members located in a plane rearward of the back face of the plate, and a locking-lever pivoted in front of said plate, the end of the brace being passed about said members but disconnected from the bodyportion, substantially as set forth.

3. A Suspender-buckle comprising a body portion or plate, lips at each end thereof, a wire frame located in the rear of the plate and having said lips clenched about the side 0 or lateral members of said frame, and a locking-lever pivoted in [front of the plate, the end of the brace being passed about the frame and secured thereto, but disconnected from the body portion, substantially as set forth.

4. A Suspender-buckle comprising a body portion or plate, a lip at each end thereof, a frame located in the rear end of the plate and having its lateral or side members deflected rearwardly from the plate, and medially secured to the frame by the lips clenched about the same, ears located above the lips and projecting forwardly from the ends of the plate, and the locking-lever pivotally mounted between said ears, the end of the brace being passed about and secured to the frame, but disconnected from the body portion, substantially as set forth.

5. A Suspender-buckle comprising a body portion or plate, a lip formed integrally therewith at each end thereof, a frame located in the rear of the plate and having said lips clenched about the side members of said frame, ears projecting from the plate forwardly, said ears being located contiguous to said lips, and a locking-lever pivoted in front of the plate between said ears, the end of the brace being passed about the top and bottom of the frame and secured thereto, but disconnected from the body portion, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT A. ABRAMS.

Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK, GEORGE L. BELFRY. 

